Bronson wins invite, Mendon second at Cereal City

The Bronson volleyball team hosted a tournament Saturday with several teams in attendance.

Yet, the Lady Vikes sent them all home packing as they beat concord 25-15, 25-23 in the finals.

“I thought we played a little inconsistent today, but we tried some new lineups and some new twists,” Bronson coach Jean LaClair said. “It is still early in the season, we still have a lot of growing to do.”

The Lady Chiefs fell to Concord 14-25, 12-25 in pool play but rebounded to beat South Haven 25-23, 24-26 and 15-13.

Crossover action saw Paw Paw beat White Pigeon 25-21 and 25-15.

White Pigeon fell to South Haven in single elimination 19-25, 26-24 and 17-19.

“It was nice seeing the bigger athletes from the bigger schools but I didn’t feel like we brought our best effort today,” Lady Chief coach Tony Hooley said. “Our offense was pretty ineffective. On the positive side, we won a match against Class B South Haven and played close to even with them later in a loss, along with a loss to Class B Paw Paw, despite not playing well. Our floor defense continues to be scrappy and make big saves.”

Mendon’s volleyball team had a very good showing at the Cereal City Invitational on Saturday.

The Lady Hornets fell in the finals to Temperance Bedford, ranked Honorable Mention in the Class A Rankings, 11-25, 12-25. Mendon is currently ranked second in Class C.

“It was a good day for us,” Mendon coach Kathy Trenary said. “We played well but couldn’t do much against Temperance Bedford. They played too strong on defense and dug all of our stuff. They blocked well. But overall it was a great day and we are happy about it.”

“We saw some very good teams on Saturday,” Sturgis coach Von Metzger said. “We are still working on our consistency and playing with max energy all the time. I thought we served fairly well, but we are still having trouble playing consistent, hard-nosed defense. This includes our blocking and floor defense.”